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76523

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards there are in the new franchise agreement on the Essex Thameside line with NXET Trains Ltd against unsafe reductions in staff over the life of the agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Staffing on the franchise is a matter for the operator. The operator must act within the regulatory environment of the railway, which includes safety obligations under their license to operate (granted by the Office of Rail Regulation).</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:10:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

76524

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with NXET Trains Ltd about minimum levels of (a) on-train, (b) station and (c) ticket office staffing levels in each year of the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line; and what current staffing levels are in each such category on the line.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Staffing is a matter for the operator; as such no discussions have been held between the Secretary of State for Transport and NXET Trains Limited and minimum levels of staffing have not been specified.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:01:54 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

76525

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of planned investment in (a) Wi-Fi access on trains, (b) provision of customer information and (c) SMART ticketing technology during the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd for passenger services on the Essex Thameside line; what proportion of each category of funding will fall to (i) the franchisee, (ii) Network Rail and (iii) the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The standstill period for the Essex Thameside franchise competition has not yet concluded, as such the Department has not signed the new Franchise Agreement and we are not able to confirm this information at this time. An announcement will be made shortly once the Agreement has been signed.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:50:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

76527

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total annual public sector payment will be in each year to 2029 under the new franchise agreement for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The standstill period for the Essex Thameside franchise competition has not yet concluded, as such the Department has not signed the new Franchise Agreement and we are not able to confirm this information at this time. An announcement will be made shortly once the Agreement has been signed.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:51:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

64618

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Rail Franchise
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the extension of the West Coast Main Line franchise allows open access operations on all routes served by this franchise.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Ultimate responsibility for determining availability of access to the network, including for applications made by open access operators, rests with the Office of Rail Regulation. However, whilst we see there may be some benefits from open access through competition, we would not support further open access on the West Coast Main Line if there was a potential negative impact on funds available to Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 14/07/2014 13:31:22 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

76934

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Tyres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of part-worn tyres sold in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not routinely collect information on the number of part-worn tyres sold in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:33:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

66185

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department makes available to its staff any and all professional development courses from the training market which enable it to ensure that staff have the most relevant knowledge, skills and expertise to do their jobs effectively and so meet the Department's objectives.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not possible to provide a complete list of all professional development courses available to staff.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of training is closely monitored to ensure that expenditure is kept within budgetary provisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also complies with the appropriate procurement route in order to ensure that professional development training is fit for purpose and offers good value for money.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66186

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The department does not hold data relating to political activity prior to appointment, of its Senior Civil Servants. However, all Senior Civil Servants within our department must adhere to section 14 of the Civil Service code relating to Political Impartiality which can be found at</p><p><a href="http://resources.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/civil-service-code-2010.pdf" target="_blank">http://resources.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/civil-service-code-2010.pdf</a><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p /><p><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:46:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

76939

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has allocated for road repairs in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The North West includes two Highways Agency maintenance areas (10 and 13). It covers the operation of the motorway and trunk road network from the Scottish border in the north, to the Welsh border in the west and as far south as the Midlands. The Highways Agency has spent the following amounts on road maintenance in the North West since 2007/08. The Highways Agency only has financial data from 2007/08 as prior to that the data is not split into specific areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2007/08 £42m</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>2008/09 £33m</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>2009/10 £125m</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> 2010/11 £48m</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> 2011/12 £60m</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> 2012/13 £38m</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> 2013/14 £37m</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides capital funding to local highway authorities from the local highways maintenance capital block grant. Both the Westmoreland and Lonsdale constituency and South Lakeland fall within Cumbria County Council's area of responsibility and therefore we do not allocate any funds directly to them for road maintenance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cumbria Allocations</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>year</p></td><td><p>Maintenance Block £m</p></td><td><p>Capital Detrunking £m</p></td><td><p>PRN Bridge maintenance</p></td><td><p>Exceptional Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>14.737</p></td><td><p>1.079</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>15.486</p></td><td><p>1.892</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>14.836</p></td><td><p>3.855</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>18.901</p></td><td><p>0.900</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>20.393</p></td><td><p>0.393</p></td><td><p>0.250</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>22.077</p></td><td><p>0.264</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>24.313</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>22.890</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>25.449</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>22.386</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>North West (including Cumbria) Allocations</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>year</p></td><td><p>Maintenance Block £m</p></td><td><p>Capital Detrunking £m</p></td><td><p>PRN Bridge maintenance £m</p></td><td><p>Exceptional Maintenance £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>88.144</p></td><td><p>10.043</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>84.819</p></td><td><p>5.117</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>96.658</p></td><td><p>10.038</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>86.511</p></td><td><p>8.301</p></td><td><p>9.371</p></td><td><p>0.502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>93.734</p></td><td><p>6.541</p></td><td><p>12.062</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>105.161</p></td><td><p>5.262</p></td><td> </td><td><p>9.114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>108.841</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>104.897</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>120.473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>104.543</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has also provided additional funding to local highway authorities to help repair roads damaged due to severe weather events. These payments are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Funding stream</p></td><td><p>Cumbria £m</p></td><td><p>North West (including Cumbria) £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Payment for 2009 flood in 2010/11</p></td><td><p>15.000</p></td><td><p>15.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 pothole payment</p></td><td><p>2.305</p></td><td><p>10.108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011 pothole payment</p></td><td><p>6.230</p></td><td><p>23.832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Payment for 2009 flood in 2011/12</p></td><td><p>4.851</p></td><td><p>4.851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Payment for 2009 flood (1<sup>st</sup> for Barker Bridge) in 2011/12</p></td><td><p>8.151</p></td><td><p>8.151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final payment for 2009 flood (inc Barker Bridge) in 2013/14</p></td><td><p>7.197</p></td><td><p>7.197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014 wet weather payment</p></td><td><p>3.018</p></td><td><p>13.179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 pothole fund</p></td><td><p>4.851</p></td><td><p>20.681</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2014 16:46:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

66199

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to reduce congestion (a) in Windsor constituency and (b) around Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Transport investment is central to the Government's long term economic plan. On 7<sup>th</sup> July we announced £3 billion of funding for new local transport schemes within the Local Growth Fund. This included £96.9 million for the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (which includes Windsor). Of this, £94.6 million will support transport schemes that have been bid for by the LEP and will make a real difference to transport accessibility in the whole of the Thames Valley. These include provisional funding from 2016/17 onwards of £4.75 million for a sustainable transport package across the Thames Valley LEP area.</p><p> </p><p>Local transport in the Windsor and Maidenhead area has, since 2010, also benefited from investment that will reduce congestion in the area. This includes just over £2 million of Local Pinch Point Funding, £16.1million investment in improving the state of the roads and on small scale transport schemes and around £2 million from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund to ease congestion by promoting travel behaviour change through a package of sustainable travel measures aimed at residents, schools and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to investment in the local network the Government continues to progress the M4 smart motorway. A further formal public consultation on the scheme will be held in the autumn and subject to development consent and the final business case, construction could start in late Summer 2016. As well as this the Highways Agency is taking forward a £2.5 million scheme to improve the links between the M4 and A329(M), to provide increased capacity at the junction and improve traffic flows. The scheme will be delivered by the end of March 2015.</p><p>The Government is also investing around £500 million in Western Rail Access to Heathrow subject to a satisfactory business case and agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry. This will facilitate direct rail services between destinations in the Thames Valley and Heathrow airport.</p><p> </p><p /> <p /><p /> <p /><p /> <p /><p /> <p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2014 15:19:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie